The GNU C Library (glibc) is an implementation of the standard C library and POSIX API used in the majority of Linux operating systems.
Questions tagged [glibc]
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Install libxml2.8 on RHEL 6
I want to install the software TinyOWS on a RHEL 6 server. I followed the instructions:
wget http://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/tinyows-1.1.0.tar.bz2
tar xvjf tinyows-1.1.0.tar.bz2
cd tinyows-1.1.0
./configure
make
make install
But I couldn't…

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Problem upgrading kernel on debian 3.1
I have a quite old box in a remote server farm. So I have no direct access. Only remote SSH (and via SSH to a serial console). I haven't updated this box in ages. Now, whenever I want to install a new package, a dependency to glibc appears.…

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Varnish 4.1 segfault in Docker
I'm trying to use Varnish 4.1 with Docker (1.9.1).
I've built a docker image in Alpine Linux 3.2 with its musl-libc to reduce the image size.
Dockerfile:
FROM alpine:3.2
RUN echo 'http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main' >>…

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what server functions are affected by the GHOST vulnerability?
CVE-2015-0235, aka "GHOST", is a buffer overflow in glibc. It specifically affects the gethostbyname functions, which are apparently obsolete but still in use.
Obviously the best option is to update ASAP, but glibc requires reboot. For some servers,…

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All commands stopped working in centos 6.5
I have made a big mistake while removing some duplicate packages as it appears to be broken. yum
1036 rpm -e --nodeps glibc-2.12-1.132.el6_5.2.x86_64
1037 rpm -e --nodeps nscd-2.12-1.132.el6_5.2.x86_64
1038 rpm -e --nodeps…

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Squeeze/Lenny compilation : Library Link error
I've got a problem here : I have a C++ Library ("DataTsBroad") and a C++ Test app ("DataTsBroadTest"), to test it.
Actually, the Lib and the Test app are both compiled an a Debian Lenny.
Now, i want to continue to compile my Test app on a Debian…

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Can I update libc.so.6 with no risk of breaking the server?
I have a server which for different reasons I cannot upgrade. It's running SUSE 11.4. I need to run a package that requires GLIBC_2.14, and I have GLIB_2.11
The error I'm getting is:
/software/AMBER12/amber12/bin/xaLeap: /lib64/libc.so.6: version…

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PhantomJS on CentOS 5.5 (glibc and libstdc++ versions)
I'm trying to run PhantomJS on CentOS, but I get the following:
./phantomjs: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by ./phantomjs)
./phantomjs: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required…

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Newer GLIBC for RHEL/CentOS 5.x
I have a situation where a group of developers is attempting to deploy a binary application to a series of RHEL 5.5 and CentOS 5.5 servers. Unfortunately, the application was developed on another platform (Gentoo) and execution results in a GLIBC…

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What does glibc detected …httpd: double free or corruption mean?
I have an EC2 server running that I use to process image uploads. i have a flash swf that handles uploading to the server from my local disk - while uploading about 130 images (a total of about 650MB) I got the following error in my server log file…

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Accidentally unlinked /usr/lib/libcrypt.a. Is there a way to recover from this?
I have been upgrading OpenSSH and OpenSSL and I have accidentally deleted the file /usr/lib/libcrypt.a and now most features in AIX just doesn't work. Is back-up/restore the only way to recover from this?

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Install newer GLIBC than 2.18 on Centos 7.5
I was please wandering if it is possible to upgrade glibc version on centos 7.5 for a newer version than 2.18.
I am trying to install Dropbox which requires it - but the answer should either be specifically for Dropbox or generally.
My question is…

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Installing PHP7 on CentOS 6.8, encountering GLIBC issue
I am trying to install PHP 7 from REMI repo, I managed to install it but when I try to issue command:
yum install php70
I get error
Error: Package: php70-php-cli-7.0.12-2.el7.remi.x86_64 (remi-safe)
Requires:…

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Do I need to restart SUSE when upgrade glibc?
I plan to upgrade glibc version (HAVE to install by rpm command) on 30 SUSE machines, all the machine are using for running test on Jenkins. Could someone tell me the reboot is needed in this case?

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Can't run MySql > GLIBC_2.14 not found
mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
/usr/libexec/mysqld: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6)
Starting MySql server with service mysqld start shows me this…

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